Game apparatus



Feb. 17. 1925. 1,527,113

A. BLESER GAME APPARATUS Original Filed Nov. l, 1921 ff 19.1. A l 1759.2.

'25@ Wl S GAME RULE S 3.

ATTORNEYS Ll (l Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

rre

t@ 'il AUGUST BLESER, F LYNBROOK, NEVI YORK.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed November l, 1921, Serial No. 512,016.

To all yw/oml it may' concern.'

Be it known that I, AUGUST BLEsEn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lynbrooli, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and `improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention has relation to games or toys and refers more particularly to an apparatus by means of which several games may be played.

The invention contemplates a highly amusing and attractive game apparatus for atl'ording amusement to both young and old, and in which the elements of skill and luck enter in proper proportions to make the games played thereby of interest.

ns a further. object the invention aims to provide a game apparatus which is eX- :remely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which maybe `folded into a compact article when not in use for storage or shipment.

W ith the above .recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specitication, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed and by variations in the phraseology of the same.

in the drawings- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the apparatus .set up with the cover or lid in section.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof taken approximately on the line 2-2 oi Fig. 1.

Fig. l is alongitudinal sectional view taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and illustrating` one of the uses of thc apparatus.

Fig. 4 is a similar fragmentaryv view illustrating another use of the apparatus.

l'eferring to the drawings by characters of reference the apparatus consists of a box comprising a body and a cover or Iid 11 adapted to normally lit over the body which is designed to contain the remaining elements or pieces of the apparatus when not in use. The bottom wall 12 of the body is inscribed adjacent one end, (hereafter Renewed December l1, 1924.

termed the rear end) on its upper surface with a triangular field 13 provided with spots i-E- following the arrangement of the spots on a bowling alley for the placement of ten pins. intermediate of the upper surface of the bottom wall, a hinged partition 15 is secured having a central opening 16 therein, said partition being designed, when not in use, to be folded to an out-of-the-way position to lie parallel with the bottom wall 12, as illustrated in Figure At the opposite or front end, the bottom wall is provided with a centrally7 disposed circular opening or aperture 1T in front of which a spot 18 is inscribed. An angularly disposed slit 19 is provided in each side wall 20 of the body of the box, the same extending from the upper edge of the side wall downwardly and forwardly and terminating at a point slightly above the uncture of theside walls with the bottom. The upper or intermediate notch 21 counnunicates with each slit 19 and a lower notch communicates with each slot 19 at its lower terminal. The cover or lid 11 has inscribed on the inner surface thereof a target 23 which is disposed adjacent one extremity thereof. The playing pieces or elements consist of a ball 2li and ten pins 25 equal in number to the number of spots 11- on the triangular field 19; a dart 26 and an elastic or rubber band 2T which is passed over the body of the box with one of the leads respectively inserted in the slits 19 in the opposite walls 20.

1n practice the user may either employ the apparatus as an archery game for catapulting the dart by means of the elastic band 2T to cause the same to be projected into the target or as a bowling game in which instance the ball and pins are used. lVhen employed as an archery game, the cover or lid 11 is removed and placed over the rear end of the box body as illustrated in the drawings to dispose the target 23 in a vertical po` sition. rllhe dart 26 is then inserted in the bottom 1Q of the box body substantially at a point indicated by the spot 18, said dart being preferably disposed at an angle. In this instance the upper lead of the elastic band is shifted into the upper or intermediate notches 21 and the user by manipulating and expanding the band and then releasing the same, employs said band as a catapult for projecting the dart from the spot to the target, the lid serving as a fender to prevent wild shots from injuring persons or llU articles of furniture in rear of the game ap-` paratus. It is, ot course, obvious that any method or rules lior playing the archery fame may be promulgated according to the manufacturers and players.

lllhen the apparatus is employed as a bowling game, the hinged partition is swung upwardly to occupy a vertical position or a position at a right angle to the bottom Wall 12 of the box body to serve as a baille against Wild shots. The ten pins are then set up on the spots 14 in the triangular lield 12 and the ball 24 is arranged or positioned in the opening 17. The upper lead of the elastic band 27 is then shifted `from the notches 21 to the lowermost notches 22 and the operator by stretching the band under tension toward the iront wall of the box releases the same to project the ball through the opening 16 in the partition l5' tor the purpose of knocking down the ten pins 25.

lit will thus be seen that a simple7 ine);- pensive, highly amusing and attractive gaine apparatus is provided which may be employed for the pla-ying of various games and which when not in use may be :folded to occupy a minimum amount ot' space for storage or shipment.

l claim:

1. ln a gaine apparatus, the combination with a ball game including' a. ball and ten pins, and an archery gaine includingl a taret and dart, ot a box including` a body and over constituting a container and support ,tor the bowling` and archery gaine elements, and a common cal-apulting element for projecting either the ball against the pins or the dart against the target consisting of an elastic band, `angularly disposed sltted portions in the opposite side Walls of the box having vertically spaced notches communicating therewith for the reception of the upper lead of the elastic band to dispose the saine respectively in separate vertical planes to cooperate with the ball or dart.

2. il gaine apparatus including a box body having' spots inscribed on the upper surface o' its bottom wall, a plurality ot' ten pins adapted to be positioned on said spots, a baille wall having a central opening,` there through and llinlrgedly secured to the upper surface ot the betteln wall intermediate its ends, a ren'iovable lid having a target inscribed on the'inuer surface thereof adapted when the lid is removed and placed over the rear end oi the box body to dispose the target vertically and at a right angle to said box body, a ball, :L dart, and a common catapulting' element arranged adjacent the trout end oi 'the box body 'for respecthely projecting the ball through the opening in the battle wall to knock down the ten pins or theI dart` onto the target, said box body having means with which the catapulting element is adapted to coact tor effecting Vertical atljustments thereof whereby to arrange thi` saine in a plane to coaet with either the dart or ball.

AUGUST BLESER. 

